Terreiro

It was a year ago this week that North Nashville was destroyed by a vicious tornado. You do not think of February as a prime tornado month but it was last year. You do not think of Tennessee as a tornado magnet but we have the most deaths from the storms of any state in the nation and I really did not believe that until I moved here. One reason is the very bad weather forecasters we have and the hills hide the storms until they are right upon you and you can not get away from the storm in time.

December 7th has always been a special day in my family, a whole lot of the poor families in Oklahoma had family members in the military service late in 1941, no money to be made on the farm so the boys all went to the Navy and a lot of them from my area were on ships at Pearl Harbor on that dreadful day. My small town in Oklahoma lost 14 men on that day and out of a town of 300 people that was a devastating loss. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families that lost brave sailors and marines on that day and let us hope that nothing like that ever happens again.

For my in-laws wedding anniversary we are trying to come up with a unique gift idea. It’s not one of the landmark anniversaries, like silver or golden, but they’ve been together longer than any other married couple that I know.

I think they would like something sentimental and have suggested a digital photo frame. If we find a nice digital frame, we can preload it with pictures from each of the brothers and sisters and maybe a couple of the wedding photos of the in-laws, too. That would be a memory book brought into the digital age and I think they would like something like that.

The best thing is that the digital frame can be bought online and shipped to one of the siblings homes, and we can either pass it around to load our family’s photos into it or one of the brothers and sisters can take on the task and we’ll email our photos to him or her. I suggested the website digitalframez.com and find the prices to be very reasonable for an anniversary gift.

I think I have a few photos of the family on my hard drive that would be perfect for this project. If I can find a few more prints in my old photo albums and scrap books, I can scan them in and share them with everyone.

One thing I didn’t realize about the digital photo frames is that you can upload MP3 files to the frame as well as photos. So now I want to think of a good soundtrack to play along with the display of family photos. This project might take some time but it will be really nice when we have all contributed and made it a truly personal gift.

This Sunday was filled with racing, much of it I did watch but it was more than I could stand. I am not a major race fan I catch a few races when there is nothing else on TV. I try to watch a few races each year Daytona, Indy and the Talladega races these are exciting even to the casual fan. I know  a few of the local drivers from my days at the radio station, I produced a racing show every week for a couple of years.

With the 15th anniversary of Desert Storm approaching I have decided to give myself a present, US NAVY DESERT STORM 15TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE FIGHTING KNIFE made by Ka-Bar, this knife is a wonderful reproduction of the original that I carried in Iraq. I can not wait to get my hands on this great knife. Ka-Bar Knives are the best quality you can buy and Brigade Quartermasters is the leading retailer of the great Ka_Bar knives. The selection on this site is classic and priced very competitive in all classes of knives. I love the feel of these knives and use them when I go hunting and just around the yard.